Joanna Fine

Tencent Holdings Limited in its US$50 million investment in Kik Interactive Inc.

On August 17, 2015, Tencent Holding Limited completed a $50 million investment in Canadian messaging app, Kik. Kik is a popular app among 13 to 24 year-olds in North America and has 240 million registered users. Tencent is the $200 billion Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. arch-rival and...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: August 17, 2015 Value: $50 million

Dialogue in its acquisition by Sun Life Financial

On July 26, 2023, Dialogue Technologies announced that it entered into a definitive arrangement agreement, pursuant to which Sun Life Financial will indirectly acquire all of the issued and outstanding Common Shares of Dialogue, other than those owned by Sun Life and certain Common Shares...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: -- Value: $365 million

BCE Inc. in its ground breaking pension de-risking strategy

On March 3, 2015, Sun Life Financial Inc. and BCE Inc. announced a new agreement that further advances BCE’s pension de-risking strategy by transferring longevity risk for C$5 billion of pension plan liabilities to Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada. Under the new longevity insurance...

Lead Office: Toronto Date Closed: March 3, 2015 Value: $5 billion